Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2, which was released in early 2009, does a credible job of providing presence awareness, instant messaging, conferencing and voice capabilities.

You may not have noticed, but Microsoft is making a strong play for a lucrative piece of the unified communications (UC) pie with Microsoft Lync 2010, its next-generation Office Communications Server.

Federation, SIP connections, and ROI have proven to be among the top concerns. In mid-September I had the opportunity to keynote the Enterprise Connect "Microsoft Lync: Progress in the Enterprise" ...

…Fortunately for businesses, there is. Microsoft Lync is Microsoft’s server platform for unified communications and it an easy-to-use but powerful tool. All told, it is the future of communication for ...